Section 36-20-1 Appointment and commissioning; term of office; fee of probate judge for issuance of notary commissions; report to Secretary of State by probate judge as to notaries appointed and commi - Alabama Statutes

Section 36-20-1

Appointment and commissioning; term of office; fee of probate judge for issuance of notary commissions; report to Secretary of State by probate judge as to notaries appointed and commissioned.

A competent number of notaries public for each county shall be appointed and commissioned by the probate judges of the several counties of the state and shall hold office for four years from the date of their commissions. The probate judges shall collect a fee of $1.00 for each such notary commission issued. The probate judges shall also report to the Secretary of State the name, county, date of issuance and date of expiration of the commission of each notary public appointed and commissioned under this section.

(Code 1852, §854; Code 1867, §1080; Code 1876, §1325; Code 1886, §1102; Code 1896, §3021; Code 1907, §5162; Code 1923, §9328; Code 1940, T. 40, §1; Acts 1963, No. 150, p. 525, §1; Acts 1976, No. 694, p. 961, §1.)